by Amy O’Loughlin It is a little known fact that adjunct faculty qualify for computer manufacturer software and hardware discounts. Liz Keefe, an adjunct instructor at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, had no idea that she could get a discount directly from a manufacturer....
Palomar College and its faculty union agreed Thursday that $2.8 million in state money aimed at boosting the pay of part-time teachers will be freed up, a move that clears.
by Geoff Maslen The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) will use a forthcoming higher education enterprise bargaining round to call for the creation of 2,000 new ongoing jobs for casual academics,.
One-third of all part-time lecturers in Japan’s universities and junior colleges earn under two million yen a year ($17,963)—five times less than professors and full-time lecturers, a survey has found. And almost half of them have had their job contracts terminated, the survey, conducted by three unions of...
by Greta Mart Protesting what he describes as a long history of racial discrimination on the Diablo Valley College campus, a former DVC adjunct professor plans to resume picketing in.
A college history professor who assigned a 2006 term paper now at the heart of a civil court case explained Wednesday how he decided to accuse one student of cheating.
As tuition at many colleges and universities continued to balloon for the 2009-10 academic year, a new survey suggests faculty salaries remained largely unchanged. Of course, adjusted for negative inflation, no change in a salary is equivalent to a modest raise. But many professors weren’t that...
By Elayne Clift Is there any hope for college adjuncts? It was never my intention to teach when I was in the throes of my career as a health communications.
By Stefan Ostrach A new faculty union at the University of Oregon was certified by the Oregon Employment Relations Board on April 27th, shortly after the university’s administration dropped legal.
By Blair Kerkhoff Henry Lyons loves University of Missouri-Kansas City. He wants that established from the start. He graduated from the university, has donated to UMKC and the school is listed as a beneficiary in his will. “But I feel I have to do this,” Lyons...
